Word: moralizers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...suppose Dow was singled out for this attention because the use of Napalm has a way of heightening the moral indignation of the imagination. One thinks "to burn alive" and shudders...
Even more disturbing are the students who say they will leave the country if they are called for induction. What these people are saying is that can no longer live a moral life in the United States and that the war is forcing them to flee. Many of these students understand that they will probably never be allowed to return to their homes, that once having made the decision there will be no turning back. These are the people who have given America up as a lost cause and are leaving to find peace...
These are the real questions which seniors at Harvard and all over the country are grappling with this year. The immediate future is no longer the challenge that it should be in our advanced society. Instead it has become a series of moral confrontations. Our society preaches freedom and peace while it practices repression and violence. The wonder is that not more than one out of every four Harvard seniors sees his immediate future as anything less than an apocalyptic nightmare...
WGBH had planned extensive analysis of last week's teach-in through back-up interviews in their studios and on the scene at Lowell Lecture Hall. They were collecting historical information on the moral, political and legal aspects of dissent. The program would have been of great interest and service to the Boston community. Harvard's only "long-standing policy" in these matters has been to support such vital forums, as witnessed by the University's continued financial contributions to WGBH...
...have to decide on the moral choice to make the move that will keep you psychologically on the ball to handle things. This may sound very Machiavellian, but I think it's practical politics. If they abolished all student deferments, the revolution would come tomorrow...